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My heart attack came in two waves (so it may have been multiple attacks). At dinner time I was walking to a restaurant and felt chest pains, but they went away when I slowed down. Then at about 10:30 PM it really hit. So mine was in the second peak as well.

I told my wife right away and she called 911, then I took an aspirin, lay down on the floor close to the door, and followed instructions when they arrived. While I was in the ambulance I went into cardiac arrest, and they used the paddles to bring me back. I think the key to my survival was that I was in the ambulance before I went into cardiac arrest, so the attendant could take action as soon as it happened. If it had happened before the ambulance arrived at our door, who knows what would have happened.

That wasn't the end of it though — a day after the attack the doctors still were not sure that I would make it. I've discussed what they did in another post, but the key there was getting my oxygen up using a CPAP machine. Great creative thinking!

Morning HHI read the article, I guess I would fall into the second peak that he speaks of because my heart attack happened at about 6:30 at night. Then he was speaking of two patient populations. I think I would be in the second group becaus I was what the dr. called young when I had my heart attack. I was only 52 at the time. Either way it was a good article.

Yeah, it's kind of a bimodal distribution with the larger hump to the left. I guess at the end of the day it doesn't matter when you have a heart attack. It's all about avoiding the first one and stopping the next one!